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Queenslanders who are self isolating or in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic can now access support with a $1500 Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment.

A new software application for Queensland recreational fishers has been launched and is now available to download free.

Recreational Fishing Grants worth $200,000 are being awarded to 19 fishing and community groups around the state who support fishing through clinics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural fishing activities, research and improving fish habitats.

Specialist sexual assault services will share in an extra $2.7 million in Commonwealth COVID-19 funding to meet additional demand during Queensland’s pandemic recovery.

Major road and transport projects being delivered by the Palaszczuk Government are set to be boosted by federal funding

Funding is locked in to build a second Centenary Bridge at Jindalee.

More than $850,000 is being invested in domestic and family violence support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in Hervey Bay and Maryborough.

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Bundaberg’s EDON Place has secured $1 million over three years to support women to rebuild their lives after domestic, family and sexual violence.

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Queensland’s explorers have another six months rent-free to keep them on the hunt for the next round of resources projects and jobs.

Queensland is poised to take another bold step in aerospace and advanced manufacturing with an historic opportunity to be the final production home for unmanned defence aircraft – the first military aircraft to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years.